Garage Rock Documentary

The origins of the term Garage Rock (often characterized by simple lyrics and a less refined sound) are obvious: band members getting together for practice in someone’s garage. Popular examples of garage rock resemble oldies since these bands first appeared in the early 1960’s.

VBS and Scion A/V toted a bunch of cameras around the USA and found a scene that was vibrant, loud, eloquent, effed-up, and nearly impossible to define. The musicians, artists, writers, deejays and label owners that we talked to could only be united by a single common thread: their commitment to music that they enjoyed, on their terms, at whatever cost necessary. . .

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this is not Garage rock. It does not apply to today. Physically emotionally and vibrationally different beast. Just look at all the fat kids trying to ham through a scene that was originally for 17 year olds played now by 32 year olds. Doesn’t make sense and it lacks the soul and grit. So I Spit. What you can call this is Cupboard rock. Not Garage rock. As they always had access to the cupboard and the money jar and the butter.

theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com — THE DIRTYBEATS, from Chapel Hill NC, specialize in recreating the tough, primitive, aggressive sound of early garage rock and psychedelia, the sound that inspired proto-punk pioneers like MC5 and The Stooges.

THEE DIRTYBEATS use period instruments, including original KAPA, Mosrite, Rickenbacker and Fender guitars, Fender and Ampeg amps, Big Muff fuzzes, and Morley wahs. The sound is prickly, gritty, unpredictable… and utterly glorious.